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ge-sceap

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.
a creation, created being or
thing, creature; creātio, creātūra
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  • Song he be middangeardes gesceape

    cănēbat de creātiōne mundi,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 9.

  • Þurh ðæt beorhte gesceap

    through that bright creature,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1576; El. 790.

  • Ðissesgisceppes

    hujus creationis,

      Rtl. 21, 10.
a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape; fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies
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  • Ðæt ic sceolde wið gesceape mínum on bonan willan búgan

    that I must submit to a murderer's will against my nature,

      Exon. 126 b; Th. 486, 2; Rä. 72, 6.

  • Ðeós woruld gesceap dreógeþ

    this world fulfils its destiny,

    122 b;
      Th. 469, 25; Hy. 11, 7: Beo. Th. 6160; B. 3084.

  • Swá mín gesceapu wǽron

    such were my decrees,

      Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 19; Rä. 10, 7: 110 a; Th. 421, 26; Rä. 40, 24: Cd. 76; Th. 95, 4; Gen. 1573.

  • Ðæt ðín líchoma leóhtra wurde, ðín gesceapu scénran

    that thy body would become brighter, thy form more beauteous,

      25; Th. 32, 14; Gen. 503.

  • God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes

    God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race an earth,

      Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 1; Vy. 95.

  • Sinewealt gesceap

    volūbĭle schēma,

      Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 14; Wrt. Voc. 55, 18.

  • Giscæp

    habitus,

      Rtl. 103, 32.
the privy members; vĕrenda, pŭdenda
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  • Sumne dǽl ðæs felles æt foreweardan his gesceape

    part of the foreskin,

      Homl. Th. i. 94, 1.

  • His gesceapu maðan weóllon

    his members swarmed with vermin,

      86, 10: ii. 512, 4: Gen. 9, 22.

  • Wið gicþan ðæra gesceapa

    against itch of the verenda,

      Herb. 94, 4; Lchdm. i. 204, 22: 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 19.

  • Ðæra gesceapena

    of the verenda,

      103, 1; Lchdm. i. 218, 7.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-skap creature; gi-skapu, pl. decrees of fate, v. Grm. D. M. 817.]
Derived forms
DER. frum-gesceap, fyrn-, heáh-.
Linked entries
v.  ge-scæp ge-scapu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceap.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15851.

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